World through the aperture

A duck looks on opposite a row of moored duck-themed boats at a lake in Beijing, China, on January 28, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

Pigeons rest on ice-covered tree branches in Bucharest, Romania, after two days of freezing rain on January 26, 2019. (Photo by AFP)A cyclist passes a snowy meadow way during foggy winter weather with temperatures by the freezing point in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, on January 27, 2019. (Photo by AFP)This picture taken on January 28, 2019 shows seagulls flying over Bosphorus strait as July 15 Martyrs' Bridge, known as the Bosphorus Bridge, is seen in the background in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by AFP)Bryson Dechambeau of the United States plays a shot during the Omega Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club on January 27, 2019 in Dubai. (Photo by AFP)A general view of mud-filled Paraopeba river, after a tailing dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA collapsed, in Mario Campos near Brumadinho, Brazil, on January 27, 2019 (Photo by Reuters)A man rides his bicycle on a flooded street after heavy rainfall on the outskirt of Najaf, Iraq, on January 28, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)Russian military jets fly during the military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the Nazi siege of Leningrad at Dvortsovaya Square in Saint Petersburg on January 27, 2019. (Photo by AFP)Taxi drivers, many wearing yellow vests like protesters against the government in neighboring France, block the Castellana avenue in Madrid on January 27, 2019 during a strike against VTCs (Tourism Vehicles with Chauffeur). (Photo by AFP)A Vietnamese man dressed as a clown sells balloons outside a shopping mall in Hanoi on January 27, 2019. (Photo by AFP)